Signal



Feb.' 18, 1930. Z ZAWYRUCHiA 1,747,278

SIGNAL Filed July 27, 1928 Patented Feb. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT@Fics SIGNAL Application iiled July 27, 1928.

This invention relates to improvements in signals, primarily intended toprovide means for holding a series of flags or signals, any one of whichmay be exposed, together with means for detachably supporting the seriesof flags on a railroad track.

The prime object of the invention is to provide a collapsible standardand support having means in the standard for mounting a plurality offlags, with means for retaining the flags in closed or folded conditionor exposing any one of the flags at will.

A. further obj ect of the invention is to provide a combined closure andmeans for ex posing the flags.

The invention also comprehends improvements in the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafterdescribed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device showing a flag exposed forsignal purposes.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the flag standard with the flagclosure in position to house the flags.

Fig. 3 is a det-ail perspective view of the standard with the flagsremoved.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the signal, showing the parts in foldedrelation.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. l.

In the drawing, 1 indicates a base member formed at one end with aninturned flange 2, to engage the base flange of a rail 3 shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1. The base member is formed of two sections 4 and 5,hinged together at 6. At the end of the section 5 is a socket 7 toreceive a standard 8, the upper end of which is bifurcated at 9, thebifurcated portion being cut out on opposite sides of the standard toform pockets 10, 10.

A series of folding arms 11 are pivoted on a transverse pin l2 in thelo-wer end of the bifurcated portion 9. Signal flags 13 are securedbetween pairs of adjacent arms 11, each fia-g being substantiallyV-shape and extending through the slot of the bifurcated portion, sothat when the arms are extended the particular flag is exposed onopposite sides of the standard.

Serial No. 295,774.

Three flags of different colors are mounted in the standard, butobviously the invention is not limited to this number.

To secure the flags and hold them in open upright position when the armsare spread apart, bolts 15 extend through the bifurcated portion of thestandard. Vhen the bolts are tightened, the flags are clamped and theweight of the arms hold the flags in fully exposed position.

A cap 16 fits over the upper end of the standard, the cap being formedwith aligned slots 17 which register with'the pockets 10, 10. Thealigned slots are of sufficient width to permit passage of any one ofthe several flags, when spread out, and at the same time the cap willretain the other flags in packed condition within the pockets.

A brace 18 is hinged at 19 to a slide 9.() mounted on the section 4 ofthe base. rThe upper end of the brace is bifurcated at 21 to embrace thestandard, and a pin 22 secures. the brace and standard together.

In use the flange 2 of the base is hooked over one edge of the base of arailway rail, and an adjustable flange 23 on the base, held by aset-screw 24, engages the opposite side of the rail base to hold thedevice in position. Then the brace 18 is locked in position, and byraising the cap 16, the desired flag for a particular signal is pulledout o f the pockets 10, 10, as shown in Fig. 1. The cap 16 is thenreplaced, the extended flag passing through the slots 17, while theadjacent side walls act to retain the folded flags in the pockets.

Gbviously, if a dider'ent colored Hag for another signal is desired, thecap can with convenience be raised, the extended flag folded in thepockets and another flag extended.

When the device is not in use, the flags are folded and so retained bythe cap; and the brace folded up on the hinged joint 6 close to thestandard after the pin 22 is withdrawn, thus forming a compactarrangement.

Vhat I claim is 1. A flag holder of the character described comprising astandard bifurcated at its upper end and provided with pockets, a seriesof flags pivotally mounted in the standard and adapted to be folded inthe pockets, and a cap telescopically fitted over the bifurcated portionof the standard and provided with slots adjacent the pockets and adaptedto straddle one of the flags on opposite sides of the standard whenspread out, and further adapted to confine the flags not in use Withinthe pockets.

2. A flag holder of the character described comprising a standardbifurcated at its upper end and out out on opposite sides at thebifurcated portion to provide pockets, a series of arms pivotallymounted in the bifurcated portion of the standard and adapted to swingoutwardly therefrom, flags extending between opposite arms and adaptedto be folded in the pockets or extended therefrom, and a cap havingslots, the cap tting over the standard to retain the flags in thepockets or permit one of the flags to be spread out through the slots.

3'. A flag holder of the character described comprising a standardbifurcated at its upper end, a pivot in the standard, a series of framesmounted on the pivot flexible flags clamped in thev bifurcated portionof the standard, pockets formed on each side of the standard adjacentthe bifurcated portion, a cap having slots, the cap engaging over thestandard to hold the flags in the pockets and the slots permitting oneof the flags to be extended, and a collapsible base to support thestandard.

4. A flag holder of the character described comprising a bifurcated'standard having pockets on opposite sides, a series of frames pivoted inthe standard, a series of flags mounted on the frames and extendingthrough the bifurcated portion of the standard and adapted when foldedto be stored within the pockets, bolts extending through the bifurcatedportion of the standard and the flags to clamp the latter in position inthe standard, and means for retaining the flags in folded condition inthe pockets or permitting one of the flags to be extended on oppositesides of the standard.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LEE Z. ZAWYRUCHIA.

